You are a Freeper after my own heart.
Why is it the further our nation continues, the worse our educational system seems to be? I point no fingers at the usual suspects (government,teachers,etc) but place blame where It truly belongs, on us. The public, the parents, the voters.
A poster the other day, on one of the 'hot' threads, stated something like, "protest has never done any good."
I guess the Boston Tea Party is something they think was a Debutante China Party.
When archeologists conclude there were no civilizations beyond a certain time period, and that we are the most advanced, I really wonder.
Maybe there were, and they were more advanced. But , like us, they foolishly allowed the knowledge to perish.
"But , like us, they foolishly allowed the knowledge to perish."
Apparently nobody remembers how to make a coffee pot spout that can pour worth a damn, anymore!